Improved washing-machine



vTo all whom it may concern tnitml gieten 13am; dtjiiiw.

WILLIAM L. Fetzen, or ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

Letters Patent No. 103,438, dated May 24, 187 0.

'The Schedulereferred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

Be it known that I, WILLIAM L. FnAzEn, of St. Louis, Missouri, haveinvented a new and useful' lVashing-Iilachine; and I hereby declare thatthe following is a-full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, and

forming part of this specification, in which-e Letter A is a woodenbeam, about three inches square by suflicient length to iii; across themouth of an onlin-ary wash-tub, in which it is to be fastened by clampsand set-screws, O and O. Perpendicularly through the center of thisbeam, at L, there is a ronnil hole, about one and one-halt'inch indiameter.

Letter B' is a round upright wooden shaft, about three inches indiameter, supplied at the lower Lend with several ronndxwoodeu fingers,c el, extending downward about two inches below the lower end of the`shaft, the lower end of each lingerA being on a level with the rest. Theupper end of this shaft is turned down, forming a neck or journal ofsufficient length to extend entirely through the hole in the center ofthe beam at L, and of such a size Yas to lit loose'- ly, that it may berevolved, The shaft should be of such length as to allow of about twoinches space between the lower ends ofthe -ngers and the bottom of thetub in which it is placed.

Letter E is a metal bevel-wheel,aboutthree inches in diameter, fastenedonto' the upper end of .the shaft B by means of bolts or screws, and isa support to the shaft.

Letter F is a larger metal bevel-wheel, about six inches in diameter,and is placed perpendicular to the wheel E, aud drives the wheel E, andthereby revolves the shaft B,

The wheelF is driven or turned by means of the metal shaft H and crankI, and is heldin gear by the metal stand or stands G, which fit closelyto a journal turned in the shaft, or tit against a collar on the shaft,and act also as supports to the shaft, they being fast-V ened tightly tothe upper side of the beam A, by means of screws or bolts.

Letter K is a metalv brace, through which the upper end ot' a shortperpendicularmetal shaft, attached to the wheel E, works, that thewheeLand shaft may work more steadily.

rlhe nature of this invention consists in the machine, as abovedescribed, leing placed in an ordinary washtub and fastened there, insuch a manner that the top of the beam A will be level or even with thetop of the tub. Hot'snds being put into the tub, `the clothes to bevcleansed are placed under the-lingers c d; then, by turning the crank,either with a continuons rotary or an oscillating motion, the clothesare agitated in the hot Water, and thereby cleansed.

Having described my invention, Y

What I claim as my improvement in a washing machine isl 1n theconstruction of the beam A, with .its clamps and set-screw O and O, incombination with shaft B, fingers d c, shaft H, gearing F E, and crankI, support-s G G, all as shown and described, for the pur- WM. L.FRAZEE.

`pose set forth.

Witnesses:

JOSEPH KoBALn, JOSEPH lPn'rnns.

